Our own crew cleans gutters in Clayton, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, and photos of every run before we leave, and every run is left clean. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. A clean gutter system keeps water moving off the roof, and a skipped cleaning is how a small leak turns into rot in the fascia. Most of our Clayton customers book in spring and fall, and we keep those visits on the calendar for them every year.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its size and what is sitting in the gutters. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per run, but we quote the whole house so you know the total before the crew climbs. We quote residential and commercial jobs the same way.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eaves. Gutters that have not been opened in years come out packed with compacted debris, and that is slower work than regular gutter cleaning. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. The easiest way to clean your gutters is on a schedule, and a gutter left clean at each visit does not need a deep scrape the next time. If something changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On older Clayton homes we see the same things drive the number again and again. On a two-story house with a few trees, a moderate buildup can cause a sag within a season if it is left, and that is the usual visit for many residential properties. Under heavy tree cover, the outlets often need clearing at the elbows, where seeds and grit become a clog that slows the drainage and the water flow. Each quote is set from the phone call and a photo of the front of the house, and it does not change once the crew is on the ladder. The two-story example shows what an ordinary visit looks like, and the tree-cover example shows why tree cover matters more than square footage. Keep the gutters clean between visits and the work stays routine. Let them go and the buildup turns into a bigger job.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
For context, nationally: Angi 2026, US average $168, most $119 to $234, $0.95 to $2.25 per linear foot.
Downspouts flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, photos of every run. The quote already has all of it in.
Our crew clears every gutter run by hand, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Roof valleys and the area above the gutter line are blown clear first, so the next rain does not refill what was just emptied. Every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom; one that will not clear is worked from the top where it can be reached. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and tells you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Debris goes into bags and leaves with the truck. It is not blown onto the lawn, the deck or next door. The ground is left as it was found.
Before the crew leaves you get photos of every run and every downspout, before and after, on your phone, whether or not you were home. Anything the crew sees that is not a cleaning problem, a hanger pulled loose, a seam dripping, a run sitting flat, is photographed and reported, not repaired and not sold on the spot.
What can change the number, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice: a third story or a roof too steep to walk; gutters that have not been touched in years; guards that have to come off and go back on.
Twice a year for most houses: once after the spring seed and pollen drop, once after the last leaves fall.
Most of our Clayton customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across Ohio, spring visits run late May to June, and when we open a gutter then we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. Fall visits run late October to November, and by then it is a wet leaf mat that holds water against the fascia. Those two visits keep the gutters clean and rainwater moving off the roofline and away from the foundation, and they protect your home from water damage through the wet months. Our gutter services follow those two windows. Clayton sees heavy rainfall in May, June and July, when the gutters carry the most water.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see work. Needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and start a blockage that is hard to clear once it sets. Houses with few or no trees need only one visit a year, in late fall, and a clean gutter at that visit carries you into winter. Gutter guards reduce how often the gutters fill, but they do not remove the need for gutter maintenance, so a guarded gutter system still gets a visit on the same schedule. Call for an estimate and we will tell you which schedule fits your house.
On a house that skipped its fall visit, we often see a run that has started to sag by March, the weight of ice and wet debris pulling it loose from the hangers. Snow here averages about 25 inches a year, mostly in December through March, and freezing weather turns trapped water into ice dams at the eave. A blocked outlet makes it worse, since the water has nowhere to go once it reaches the bottom. A sagging run is where structural damage starts, because water pools in the low spot instead of running off. Keep your gutters clean before the first hard freeze, and the whole system keeps moving water away from your home through winter. We check gutters and outlets on each visit, and after the first one we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we find in the gutters and the trees over the roof.
Water over the edge rots the board behind the gutter first. Everything after that is slow, and slow is what a policy excludes.
The three signs. Water pouring over the front edge in rain instead of out of the downspout. A run that sags, sits low or has pulled away from the fascia. Plants growing out of the trough. Any one of them means the gutter is full.
What happens next. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it. The fascia board rots, then the soffit. Water backs up under the first course of shingles and shows up as a ceiling stain. Siding stains and swells. Below, the overflow cuts a channel at the foundation and finds the basement. The wet debris itself weighs enough to pull the gutter off the house. Standing water breeds mosquitoes; dry debris houses wasps. Where winters freeze, the trapped water becomes an ice dam at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath.
Why your policy will not pay. Homeowners insurance generally does not cover water damage traced to clogged gutters. Carriers class gutter cleaning as routine maintenance, and damage from skipped maintenance as preventable neglect, which a standard policy excludes. A limb that tears a gutter off in a storm is sudden and accidental and is usually covered; a fascia board that rotted over two years is not. This is general information, not insurance advice; read your policy or ask your agent.
Guards stop leaves. They do not stop needles, seeds, grit or the paste they turn into. The job gets shorter, not gone.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often, and it is a different job: clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is actually getting in, rather than scooping out the trough. Mesh and screen guards hold whole leaves off. Pine needles thread through, seed casings and pollen mat on top, roof grit settles underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. The gutter is empty and the water never went in.
Guards earn their keep under big leafy trees and on roofs too high to want to climb. They do not end maintenance, whatever the installer said. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspouts and reseats the guards; tell us what is on the house when you get the quote and it is priced as a guarded system, which usually runs shorter than an open one.
Under an hour on most houses. Nobody has to be there, and the photos arrive either way.
The crew calls the day before with an arrival window and again when they are on the way. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical home; bigger houses, steep roofs and gutters left for years run longer. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Before they arrive: side gate unlocked, cars off the driveway if runs face it, pets inside while ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and the siding. After: photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves, and an invoice that matches the quote.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. You hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
Still overflowing. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If that happens after a cleaning, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Your house. Stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and screens and downspout extensions go back where they were.
Payment. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone. Some dates take a small booking fee to hold the slot, and you hear about it before you book.
The whole city and the towns around it, booked by phone or text from the nearest crew.
Our Clayton gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar, and we give you the date when you call. We work across Clayton OH and the surrounding areas, and the crew covers all of Clayton from one schedule. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, and the heavy rainfall in May and June makes spring the busiest, so book early if you want a particular week. What you get back is a clean gutter run, a flush of every outlet and a photo of each one.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. A homeowner who books a series of cleanings gets the next date set before the crew leaves, so the schedule does not depend on memory. Regular cleaning and maintenance on one schedule is simpler than chasing a leak after the fact, and it keeps water away from your home. A twig or a wad of leaves in an outlet can clog the whole run and cost you more than the cleaning, so we check the outlet and the landscape at the foot of the house on every visit.
Clayton homeowners with gutter guards ask whether the guards end the job. They do not, but they shorten it, and gutter maintenance on a guarded system still means clearing what sits on top. We clean gutters on commercial properties as well as homes, and the quote comes from the stories and size of the building. Ask for a written estimate if you want one before you commit, and we will put the same numbers in writing that we gave on the phone.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. Our cleaning services in Clayton are quoted the same way for every size of house, and the same logic applies to commercial properties. We do not quote a range here because the same two-story house can need a different visit depending on what is in the gutters.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall. When we open a gutter here in spring we find seeds and pollen, and in fall we find the wet leaf mat and the first ice. Across Ohio, spring visits run late May to June and fall visits run late October to November. Waiting past the first hard freeze means the buildup can turn into a sag before March. Call (866) 435-6328 to pick your dates.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. If a same-day visit is open on our calendar, we will tell you when you ask.
No. Our crew works outside and stays away from your home's interior. Leaves and debris are bagged and leave with the truck, and photos of every run and downspout reach your phone before the truck pulls away. The crew leaves the ground clean. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every outlet and flow-test it, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Stubborn outlets that will not clear get reported on the photo list. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it. The goal is simple: carry water away from the foundation.
Yes. On our jobs we find seed casings, needles and fallen leaves sitting on top of the guards, and grit underneath. The surface still needs clearing, though the visits are usually less frequent than on an open system. Gutter guards cut the work but do not replace gutter maintenance.
If the gutters are clean and a rain gutter still overflows in the rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. A landscape that slopes toward the foundation is one cause we check for. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, and we will tell you what we see. Left alone, that overflow can lead to wood rot and structural damage at the fascia. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
No, not for the same job. If something changes the work, we raise it before anyone starts, and you agree to it first. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
